TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14
Reception/Film--Courting Justice
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Teplitz Memorial Moot Courtroom, Barco Law Building
"COURTING JUSTICE" is Produced by Luna Films & Created by Ruth B. Cowan. The film is directed by Jane Lipman.
The film illustrates how the new constitution in postapartheid South Afica partially lived up to its goals of promoting women's rights. Essential to keeping these promises, indeed mandated by the constituion, is a diverse judiciary-one that includes women. By 2008, 18 percent ofthe superior court were women. "Courting Justice" is their story.
Ruth B. Cowan, the film's creator, will speak following the film, and South African attorney Lithemba Velleman (LL.M. 09) will offer his perspectives on the South African judiciary.
Reception to follow in the Alcoa Room, 2nd floor
http://www.law.pitt.edu/academics/cile/events/rol
Audience: Open
Cost: Free Admission
Sponsored by: Center for International Legal Education, African Studies Program, School of Law, Barco Law Library, Womens Study Center
For more information, contact Gina Clark - 412-648-7023 glclark@pitt.edu
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15
Deadline--The Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program
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The Robert Bosch Stiftung and CDS International invite US Professionals to apply for the 2009-2010 Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program. Twenty Fellows will complete a nine-month program consisting of two high-level work phases in major German institutions and three seminars throughout Europe. Bosch Fellows meet with key decision-makers in the public and private sectors, thereby strengthening their understanding of issues facing Germany, the EU, and the transatlantic relationship today.
German language skills are not required at the time of application. Intensive language training is provided as needed in the US and Germany prior to the program year. Fellows receive a generous compensation package including a monthly stipend, health insurance, and all program-related travel expenses.
Candidates should be US citizens between the ages of 23 and 34 with professional experience in one of the following fields: business administration, economics, law, public policy, journalism or mass communications.
http://www.cdsintl.org/fromusa/bosch.htm
Sponsored by: European Studies Center, European Union Center of Excellence
For more information, contact 212-497-3518 bosch@cdsintl.org
Deadline--Grant Program for Faculty Research or Teaching in Germany
The deadline for submitting an application for the Grant Program for Faculty Research or eaching in Germany is Wednesday, October 15, 2008. For complete information about this new program and the application form, please go to the Web site: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce/faculty/funding/Germany.html
Sponsored by: European Union Center of Excellence, European Studies Center
Panel Discussion--Making a Healthy Connection Between Guanajuato, Mexico, and Pittsburgh: Reflections on Migration and Health
11:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.
109 Public Health Building, University of Pittsburgh
With Juan Munoz (Dean of International Relations, University of Guanajuato, School of Medicine, Mexico), Andrea Fox (Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, and Director, Squirrel Hill Health Center), Alfonso Barquera (BA candidate, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico), and Ken Thompson (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh)
This panel will offer perspectives on the health challenges and opportunities that exist due to the migration of Mexicans and other Latino populations to Pittsburgh. In particular, it will focus on what is happening to the migrants who have come here from a particular small rural village and to the families they have left behind. The panel will consider possible ways that a connection of mutual benefit might be further developed and sustained, answering the question: How might we bring issues of global health and migration home to Pittsburgh?
Chaired by: Patricia Documet, MD DrPH
Commentator: Kathleen M. DeWalt, PhD
Sponsored by: Center for Latin American Studies
For more information, contact Ken Thompson - Ken.Thompson@SAMHSA.hhs.gov
Lecture--Roma and Elementary Education in Slovakia
12:00 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.
4217 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Lecture by Monika Krajcovicova from the Faculty of Education in Presov, Slovakia.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: free
Sponsored by: Center for Russian and East European Studies, Institute for International Education
For more information, contact Anna Talone - 412-648-7407 crees@pitt.edu
Film--TEMPORADA DE PATOS
7:30 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh
Dir. Fernando Eimbcke (Mexico - 2004)
Amigos del Cine Latinoamericano Fall 2008 Film Series
Today Latin American film is among the best in the world. All this and more will be part of the Amigos del Cine Latinoamericano 2008 Fall Series named Historias minimas (Short Stories), with a special homage to Argentina for its outstanding film production. Also look out for a selection of unique films about women. Some films are adult in nature and may not be appropriate for young audiences.
http://www.amigosdelcinelatinoamericano2008.blogspot.com
Audience: Open to the Public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Center for Latin American Studies, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures and the Eduardo Lozano Latin American Library Collection
For more information, contact amigoscinelatinoamericano08@gmail.com
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
Film--Three Rivers Film Festival : Global Lens 2008
see Pgh Filmmakers website for time- Saturday, October 18
Harris Theater - 809 Liberty Ave
About Global Lens
One of the most lauded touring festivals of contemporary international film, Global Lens 2008 is presented by Three Rivers Film Festival. The non-profit group Global Film Initiative organizes the series to encourage filmmaking in countries with developing economies and emerging film communities. This year, Global Lens boasts 10 films from four continents, selected for their authentic voice, cinematic accomplishment and unique cultural perspective. All subtitled.
The Kite (Lebanon)
Harris Theater Oct 16; Regent Square Oct 18
Beautiful, carefree Lamia, after recklessly tempting fate by briefly trespassing into the Israeli-controlled and militarized buffer zone in order to retrieve her kite, is ruled by her village council to be prepared for marriage, to a young man on the other side of the border. (Randa Chahal Sabbag; 2004; 80 min)
http://pghfilmmakers.org
Cost: Individual - $7 Student/senior - $6 Pitt - $3
Announced by: Global Studies Program
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
Lecture--Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series: Update on Chinese New Electronic Databases
12:00 P.M.- 1:00 P.M.
WWPH 4130
A lecture by Xiuying Zou, Public Services Librarian in the East Asian Library at the University of Pittsburgh.
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/news/overlunch.html
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center
For more information, contact Mason Kim - myk2@pitt.edu
Lecture--The Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Not Free, Not Trade, Not an Agreement
3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
With elections just around the corner, free trade has become one of the foremost concerns of the US public and the candidates hoping to represent us. Meanwhile, Congress is still considering a NAFTA-style agreement with war-torn Colombia. What would this new NAFTA mean for Colombia and the US? Why are Colombians organizing under threat of death to halt this trade agreement? Freddy Caicedo exposed the extermination of Afro and indigenous Colombians as a human rights investigator; he works alongside unionists under death threat; runs a community center to remember the war's victims and chart strategies for peace; he taught human rights courses in public schools; and he organized with Christian-based communities.
Organized by: Witness for Peace, Mid-Atlantic Speaker Tour October 2008.
Audience: Open to the Public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Center for Latin American Studies
For more information, contact Ben Beachy - 202 403 1752 wfpma@witnessforpeace.org
Film--African Film Series -- Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man.
5:00p.m.- 7:00p.m.
4130 WWPH
The African film series will illuminate realities of modern African life from a variety of artistic visions. Each of the selections brings to life contemporary issues and allows the viewers to share in the sights and sounds of this diverse continent with its cultural traditions. The first film in the series is "Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man."
As Africa looks desperately for leaders of integrity and vision, the life and ideals of the late Thomas Sankara seem more and more relevant and exemplary with the passage of time. This film goes a long way towards explaining why, though largely forgotten in his own country; Sankara is still very much venerated as the African Che, a legendary martyr like Patrice Lumumba or Amilcar Cabral who believed in the total liberation of their people. The film recovers for the present a detailed history of Sankara's brief four-year rule and his revolutionary program for African self-reliance as a defiant alternative to the neo-liberal development strategies imposed on Africa by the west, both then and today.
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/index.htm
Audience: Open to all
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: African Studies Program, African Students' Organization (ASO)
For more information, contact Macrina C. Lelei - 412-648-2058 africast@pitt.edu
Film--Beur Is Beautiful: Maghrebi-French Filmmaking
7:00 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
The term beur is French inversion-slang (verlan) for the word arabe, and refers to the French-born children of North African (Maghrebi) immigrants of Arab as well as Amazigh and Kabyle origin. For the most part, this generation grew up in the concrete wastelands of France's low-income housing projects in the suburbs (banlieues). While beur has been part of the European lexicon for more than 20 years, the term and the culture it describes remain largely unknown in the United States.
"Memoire D'Immigres" In this seminal documentary, a triptych of stories spells out the painful fate of two generations of Maghrebi immigration to France. This movie will be shown in two nights (Oct.9 and Oct. 16)
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program, Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, European Studies Center, Less Commonly Taught Languages and the French Department
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
Lecture--The Transnational Diffusion of Anti-Communism: Conservative Women in Brazil and Chile in the 1960s and 1970s a lecture by Professor Margaret Power
12:00 p.m.
Sociology conference room, 2431 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Professor Power is an historian at Illinois IT. She is the author of Right-Wing Women in Chile: Feminine Power and the Struggle Against Allende, 1964-1973 and co-editor of Right-Wing Women: From Conservatives to Extremists Around the World.
Hosted by Pittsburgh Social Movement Forum of the Department of Sociology.
Audience: Open to the Public
Cost: Free
Announced by: Center for Latin American Studies
Reception--Hot Topics Over Coffee
3 p.m.
4100 Posvar Hall
Come and meet fellow Global Studies students and faculty over free coffee! This month we will be discussing global economic situations in Europe and Asia.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
Lecture--Troubled Apologies Among Japan, Korea, and the United States
4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
3703 Posvar Hall (History Dept. Lounge)
Japan Council Lecture Series by Alexis Dudden, Associate Professor of History at the University of Connecticut, author of "Japan's Colonization of Korea: Discourse and Power" (Hawaii, 2005).
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center, History Dept, Japan Council
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
Film--Three Rivers Film Festival : Global Lens 2008
see Pgh Filmmakers website for time-
Regent Square Theater 1035 S. Braddock Ave
About Global Lens
One of the most lauded touring festivals of contemporary international film, Global Lens 2008 is presented by Three Rivers Film Festival. The non-profit group Global Film Initiative organizes the series to encourage filmmaking in countries with developing economies and emerging film communities. This year, Global Lens boasts 10 films from four continents, selected for their authentic voice, cinematic accomplishment and unique cultural perspective. All subtitled.
The Kite (Lebanon)
Harris Theater Oct 16; Regent Square Oct 18
Beautiful, carefree Lamia, after recklessly tempting fate by briefly trespassing into the Israeli-controlled and militarized buffer zone in order to retrieve her kite, is ruled by her village council to be prepared for marriage, to a young man on the other side of the border. (Randa Chahal Sabbag; 2004; 80 min)
http://pghfilmmakers.org
Cost: Individual - $7 Student/senior - $6 Pitt - $3
Announced by: Global Studies Program
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19
Reception--Women's International Club Annual Scholarship Luncheon
11:30 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn University Center, Oakland
Join the Women's International Club (WIC) in holding its Annual Scholarship Luncheon honoring WIC's Nationality Rooms Summer Abroad scholarship recipients Elizabeth Reagan (Jordan), Jennifer Lawrence (Cambodia), and Mandy Schenkemeyer (Cyprus). The students will speak about their personal and academic experiences abroad.
Cost: $22.80/person
Sponsored by: Nationality Rooms
For more information, contact Cynthia Maleski, President of the Women's International Club - 724-224-6800
Performance--Tradition and Its Change: Traditional and Contemporary Korean Music and Dance
3:00 p.m.
Synod Hall, Oakland (N. Craig St. behind St. Paul's Cathedral)
There are over 300 types of traditional dances taught and performed in Korea. Come to the fall 2008 tour of Tradition and its Changes: Traditional and Contemporary Korean Dance and Music, performed by the Seoul-based NOW Dance Company, for a sampling of Korea's dance heritage and its innovative contemporary choreography. The show will feature eight music and dance numbers, ranging from the ancient, spiritual whirling of Korean shamans in munyomu, to the stark, modern movements of the hojong.
All proceeds will benefit the Korean Heritage Room Committee of the Nationality Rooms at the University of Pittsburgh.
http://www.proartstickets.org
Audience: Tickets available to the public
Cost: $10 students/seniors, $15 general admission
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center, Nationality Rooms, The Korea Society, Pittsburgh Korean School, Korean Heritage Room Committee
For more information, contact Pro Arts Tickets - 412-394-3353
Cultural Event--The Bacchae by Euripides
7:00 p.m.
Bellefield Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Avenue
The Theatrical Scheme of Leonidas Loizides of Athens, Greece will present a production of Euripides' "The Bacchae." This production is adapted for an all-female cast in Greek with simultaneous English translation on large screen. The play weaves the themes of globalization, interculturization and tolerance, in a society maturing from conflict and exclusion towards a collaborative world of optimism and vision. A world that also accomodates and accepts the role and the power of women in shaping this new vision.
Cost: $15.00 in advance; $20.00 at the door
Sponsored by: European Studies Center, European Union Center of Excellence
For more information, contact American Hellenic Foundation of Western Pennsylvania - (412) 835-4352; (412) 692-8127 info@pahellenicfoundation.org
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21
Lecture--National Identities in Contemporary Macedonia
12:00 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.
4217 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Lecture by Philip Murphy, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: free
Sponsored by: Center for Russian and East European Studies
For more information, contact Anna Talone - 412-648-7407 crees@pitt.edu
Lecture--Brazilian Media and International News: Global Citizenship or Spectatorship? - Sao Paulo Residents and Journalists Talk about the 2006 Lebanon Conflicta lecture by Heloisa Pait
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Audience: Open to the Public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Center for Latin American Studies
For more information, contact CLAS - 412 648 7392 clas@pitt.edu
Lecture--Creating a Bridge Between the Muslim Community and the European State: The Importance of Muslim Interest Groups
8:00 p.m.
Sutherland Hall
Melissa Parker, PhD Candidate in Political Science.
Since the terror incidents in the United States (2001), Spain (2004) and Britain (2007), the Muslim community living in Europe has come under extreme scrutiny by their governments. In addition, increased Islamophobia in Europe, manifesting itself as blatant discrimination in employment and housing, and even the burning of mosques and Islamic centers, has both the Muslim community and the state wondering what to do. Increasingly, Muslim interest groups have stepped in to mediate the conflict between the state and the Muslim community that they represent. This talk will focus on how Muslim interest groups are working with the European state to find solutions to the current crisis in relations between their constituents and the government and whether they have been successful or not.
Audience: Pitt Students
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program, International Studies Living Learning Community, European Studies Center
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22
Film--New Documentaries on the Chinese Cultural Revolution
4:00 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
"A Chronicle of my Cultural Revolution" and "Oh, Those Melt-You-Down Looks: Paintings by A Peasant Granny from Shaanxi" by Xu Xing. Documentary films made in conjunction with TV 5 France, 2007.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, East Asian Library
Lecture--Changing Gender Roles in Japan
5:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
106 Allen Hall
University of Pittsburgh anthropologist Dr. Keith Brown will give a lecture on Changing Gender Roles in Japan on behalf of the Japan America Society of Pennsylvania.
Please register for this event by contacting Wendy Bennett at wbennett@us-japan.org.
Audience: Open to the public with registration
Cost: Free, but registration is required
Announced by: Asian Studies Center, Japan America Society of Pennsylvania
For more information, contact Wendy Bennett - wbennett@us-japan.org
Film--LISTA DE ESPERA
7:30 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh
Dir. Juan Carlos Tabio (Cuba-2000)
Amigos del Cine Latinoamericano Fall 2008 Film Series
Today Latin American film is among the best in the world. All this and more will be part of the Amigos del Cine
Latinoamericano 2008 Fall Series named Historias minimas (Short Stories), with a special homage to Argentina for its outstanding film production. Also look out for a selection of unique films about women. Some films are adult in nature and may not be appropriate for young audiences.
http://www.amigosdelcinelatinoamericano2008.blogspot.com
Audience: Open to the Public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Center for Latin American Studies
For more information, contact amigoscinelatinoamericano08@gmail.com
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
Film--Three Rivers Film Festival : Global Lens 2008
- Saturday, October 25
Harris Theater - 809 Liberty Ave
About Global Lens
One of the most lauded touring festivals of contemporary international film, Global Lens 2008 is presented by Three Rivers Film Festival. The non-profit group Global Film Initiative organizes the series to encourage filmmaking in countries with developing economies and emerging film communities. This year, Global Lens boasts 10 films from four continents, selected for their authentic voice, cinematic accomplishment and unique cultural perspective. All subtitled.
Let the Wind Blow (India)
Harris Theater Oct 23; Regent Square Oct 25
Arjun, an 18-year-old student, and his friend Chabia, a garage mechanic, are restless. Privileged lifestyles are out of reach, and the two are tempted to apply for work in the Persian Gulf, where wages are high. Nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan, Chabia's feelings for the lovely Mona, and Arjun's commitment to his mother play into their decisions. (Partho Sen-Gupta; 2004; 93 min)
http://pghfilmmakers.org
Cost: Individual - $7 Student/senior - $6 Pitt - $3
Announced by: Global Studies Program
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
Lecture--Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series: Health Care Financing and Delivery in China: Problems, Controversies, and Solutions
12:00 P.M.- 1:00 P.M.
WWPH 4130
A lecture by Wei Wang, PhD Candidate in Economics, University of Pittsburgh.
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/news/overlunch.html
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center
For more information, contact Mason Kim - myk2@pitt.edu
Lecture--The Russian Evacuation of Warsaw, 1915
3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
3703 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
A lecture in the European Colloquium Series, presented by Robert Blobaum, Professor of History at West Virginia University.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: free
Sponsored by: Center for Russian and East European Studies, History Department
For more information, contact Anna Talone - 412-648-7407 crees@pitt.edu
Information Session--JET: Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Information Session
4:30 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Meet four former JET participants and learn more about teaching English in Japan. This is a general information session for anyone interested in participating in the program after graduation. Applications for 2009 are due November 25, 2008 - please visit www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/JETProgram/application.html.
Audience: Open to all interested students
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center
For more information, contact Jennifer Murawski - jennm@pitt.edu
Film--Beur Is Beautiful: Maghrebi-French Filmmaking
7:00 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
The term beur is French inversion-slang (verlan) for the word arabe, and refers to the French-born children of North African (Maghrebi) immigrants of Arab as well as Amazigh and Kabyle origin. For the most part, this generation grew up in the concrete wastelands of France's low-income housing projects in the suburbs (banlieues). While beur has been part of the European lexicon for more than 20 years, the term and the culture it describes remain largely unknown in the United States.
Wesh Wesh Qu'est ce qui se Passe?- Halfway between documentary and fiction, 'Wesh wesh' is a take on the everyday life of an immigrant family which is struggling to integrate into France or, rather into the 'Cite des Bosquets' a low-income housing project in the Parisian suburbs.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, European Studies Center, Global Studies Program, Less Commonly Taught Languages and the French Department
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
Lecture--Transnational Challenges to Security
7:30 p.m.
1500 Posvar Hall
Ridgway Speaker Series presents:
Brian Katulis is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where his work focuses on U.S. national security policy with an emphasis on the Middle East, Iraq, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Pakistan. He is co-author (with Ambassador Nancy Soderberg) of "The Prosperity Agenda", a book on U.S. national security published by John Wiley & Sons in the summer of 2008. At the Center, he also serves as an advisor to the Middle East Progress project. Katulis has served as a consultant to numerous U.S. government agencies, private corporations, and non-governmental organizations on projects in two dozen countries, including Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Egypt, Colombia, Morocco, and Bangladesh.
http://www.ridgway.pitt.edu/
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, Global Studies Program, Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, National Security Network, the Pittsburgh Middle East Institute
For more information, contact Beverly Brizzi - 412-624-7884 brizzi@gspia.pitt.edu
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
Lecture--Poetry Recital by Chilean Poet Pedro Lastra
2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
208B Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh
Poet and essayist, Pedro Lastra belongs to a generation of artists who intensely interacted with Jose Maria Arguedas, Neruda, Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, Gonzalo Rojas, Juan Luis Martinez, among other major figures of Latin American literature. Lastra founded and directed the Letras de America collection (Chile 1966-1973), he was a professor in the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, where he is now Professor Emeritus. In addition to being a corresponding member of the Academia Chilena de la Lengua, Lastra is also an honorary professor at the University of San Marcos (Lima, Peru) and the University of San Andres (La Paz, Bolivia). His poetic work include: Traslado a la mañana (1959), Y eramos inmortales (1969, 1974), Cuarderno de la doble vida (1984), Diario de viaje y otros poemas (1998), Cancion del pasajero (2001), Palabras de amor (2002), and the recently released Pedro Lastra obras selectas (2008).
Sponsored by: Center for Latin American Studies, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures
For more information, contact Connie Tomko - connie@pitt.edu
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
Film--Three Rivers Film Festival : Global Lens 2008
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Regent Square Theater 1035 S. Braddock Ave
About Global Lens
One of the most lauded touring festivals of contemporary international film, Global Lens 2008 is presented by Three Rivers Film Festival. The non-profit group Global Film Initiative organizes the series to encourage filmmaking in countries with developing economies and emerging film communities. This year, Global Lens boasts 10 films from four continents, selected for their authentic voice, cinematic accomplishment and unique cultural perspective. All subtitled.
Let the Wind Blow (India)
Harris Theater Oct 23; Regent Square Oct 25
Arjun, an 18-year-old student, and his friend Chabia, a garage mechanic, are restless. Privileged lifestyles are out of reach, and the two are tempted to apply for work in the Persian Gulf, where wages are high. Nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan, Chabia's feelings for the lovely Mona, and Arjun's commitment to his mother play into their decisions. (Partho Sen-Gupta; 2004; 93 min)
http://pghfilmmakers.org
Cost: Individual - $7 Student/senior - $6 Pitt - $3
Announced by: Global Studies Program
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
Performance--AppalAsian Trio and Chirgilchin - Tuvan Throat Singers
8:00 p.m.
Bellefield Hall
The AppalAsian Trio featuring Mimi Jong (ehru), Jeff Berman (dulcimer), and Sue Powers (banjo, voice)will be performing as special guests with Chirgilchin Tuvan Throat Singers.
315 S. Bellefield St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Tickets on sale now at:
.The Exchange Squirrel Hill
.Acoustic Music Works(Sq Hill)
.Paul's CDs (Bloomfield)
.Caliban Books (Oakland)
.Dave's Music Mine (South Side)
.Eide's Entertainment (Downtown)
.Garfield Artworks
http://www.chirgilchin.com
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: $15 in advance, $20 at the door
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center, Music On The Edge
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27
Lecture--The Last Soviet Dreamer: Encounters with Leonid Potemkin
1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
3703 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Lecture by Jochen Hellbeck, Associate Professor of Russian History at Rutgers University.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: free
Sponsored by: Center for Russian and East European Studies, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
For more information, contact Anna Talone - 412-648-7407 crees@pitt.edu
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29
Lecture--Printing a Pogrom: Violence and Print Communities in Interwar Romania
4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
3703 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
A lecture in the European Colloquium Series, presented by Roland Clark, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: free
Sponsored by: Center for Russian and East European Studies, History Department
For more information, contact Anna Talone - 412-648-7407 crees@pitt.edu
Film--EU, TU, ELES
7:30 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh
Dir. Acdrucha Waddington (Brazil-2000)
Amigos del Cine Latinoamericano Fall 2008 Film Series
Today Latin American film is among the best in the world. All this and more will be part of the Amigos del Cine Latinoamericano 2008 Fall Series named Historias minimas (Short Stories), with a special homage to Argentina for its outstanding film production. Also look out for a selection of unique films about women. Some films are adult in nature and may not be appropriate for young audiences.
http://www.amigosdelcinelatinoamericano2008.blogspot.com
Audience: Open to the Public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Center for Latin American Studies
For more information, contact amigoscinelatinoamericano08@gmail.com
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
Film--Three Rivers Film Festival : Global Lens 2008
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Regent Square Theater 1035 S. Braddock Ave
About Global Lens
One of the most lauded touring festivals of contemporary international film, Global Lens 2008 is presented by Three Rivers Film Festival. The non-profit group Global Film Initiative organizes the series to encourage filmmaking in countries with developing economies and emerging film communities. This year, Global Lens boasts 10 films from four continents, selected for their authentic voice, cinematic accomplishment and unique cultural perspective. All subtitled.
The Custodian (Argentina)
Harris Theater Oct 30; Regent Square Nov 1
As a top politician's bodyguard, Ruben is a shadow of a man: every action regulated by routine, and everywhere his boss goes he must follow, never speaking. The thoughtless humiliations by superiors, and the tiny, guilty moments of private need and humanity are all captured in this mesmerizing psychological thriller. (Rodrigo Moreno; 2006; 95 min)
http://pghfilmmakers.org
Cost: Individual - $7 Student/senior - $6 Pitt - $3
Announced by: Global Studies Program
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
Lecture--Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series: Reading and Writing Chinese
12:00 P.M.- 1:00 P.M.
WWPH 4130
A lecture by Charles Perfetti, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh.
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/news/overlunch.html
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center
For more information, contact Mason Kim - myk2@pitt.edu
Film--Global Governance/Global Economy Film Series
7:00 p.m.
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Breaking The Bank is an independent account of the April 2000 protests against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Drawing on the hard work of eight activist production groups and scores of volunteer videographers, this 74-minute documentary is filled with dramatic, inspiring footage from the streets of DC. Scenes of confrontation and police harassment are inter-cut with the protests, puppets, and the passionate actions of thousands upon thousands of protestors. Breaking The Bank goes beyond the activists' slogans and corporate media's sensationalism to achieve an in-depth examination of the issues behind the protests. Included are segments on: IMF/World Bank policies and international militarism, ecologically devastating development projects, food production, and poverty within the "First World."
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
Film--Beur Is Beautiful: Maghrebi-French Filmmaking
7:00 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
The term beur is French inversion-slang (verlan) for the word arabe, and refers to the French-born children of North African (Maghrebi) immigrants of Arab as well as Amazigh and Kabyle origin. For the most part, this generation grew up in the concrete wastelands of France's low-income housing projects in the suburbs (banlieues). While beur has been part of the European lexicon for more than 20 years, the term and the culture it describes remain largely unknown in the United States.
Voisins Voisines- A rapper is racing against time-he has just three days to write his lyrics; otherwise, he can say good-bye to his advance from the record company. When he finally finds inspiration right on his doorstep, in the often comic struggles of his neighbors in the Mozart Estate housing project, he sets the stage for a lively hip-hop fable, set to the beat of the banlieues.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program, Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, European Studies Center, Less Commonly Taught Languages and the French Department
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31
Lecture--East Asian Languages and Literatures Colloquium: Dr. Chisato Hotta
2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
4130 Posvar Hall
Dr. Chisato Hotta,Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Japanese-Korean Studies presents: "A Cross-cultural Study of the Minority Experience: Koreans in Osaka and African Americans in Chicago, 1920-1945"
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures
For more information, contact Dr. Ebru Turker - turker@pitt.edu
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1
Film--Three Rivers Film Festival : Global Lens 2008
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Regent Square Theater 1035 S. Braddock Ave
About Global Lens
One of the most lauded touring festivals of contemporary international film, Global Lens 2008 is presented by Three Rivers Film Festival. The non-profit group Global Film Initiative organizes the series to encourage filmmaking in countries with developing economies and emerging film communities. This year, Global Lens boasts 10 films from four continents, selected for their authentic voice, cinematic accomplishment and unique cultural perspective. All subtitled.
The Custodian (Argentina)
Harris Theater Oct 30; Regent Square Nov 1
As a top politician's bodyguard, Ruben is a shadow of a man: every action regulated by routine, and everywhere his boss goes he must follow, never speaking. The thoughtless humiliations by superiors, and the tiny, guilty moments of private need and humanity are all captured in this mesmerizing psychological thriller. (Rodrigo Moreno; 2006; 95 min)
http://pghfilmmakers.org
Cost: Individual - $7 Student/senior - $6 Pitt - $3
Announced by: Global Studies Program
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Conference--Goethe and the Postclassical: Literature, Science, Art and Philosophy 1805-1815
- Sunday, November 9
The University of Pittsburgh
Organized by the Goethe Society of North America, the conference features more than twenty panels and two keynote lectures by distinguished scholars Ulrich Gaier (University of Konstanz) and Robert J. Richards (University of Chicago).
http://www.goethesociety.org/conference/
For more information, contact Clark Muenzer - clark.muenzer@gmail.com
Lecture--Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series: Simian Amphibians: The Mermaid Trade in Early Modern Japan
12:00 P.M.- 1:00 P.M.
WWPH 4130
A lecture by Dr. Martha Chaiklin, Assistant Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh.
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/news/overlunch.html
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center
For more information, contact Mason Kim - myk2@pitt.edu
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
Lecture--East Asian Languages and Literatures Colloquium: Seung-hwan Shin
2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
4130 Posvar Hall
Seung-hwan Shin, Ph.D. Candidate in English/Film Studies, Department of English presents: "Hopeless Return and Endless Mourning: The Principles of Hope in Lee, Chang-dong's SECRET SUNSHINE"
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures
For more information, contact Dr. Ebru Turker - turker@pitt.edu
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
Cultural Event--Polish Festival
12:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Cathedral of Learning- Commons Room
The Polish Festival will be featuring ethnic foods, Polish dances, demonstrations and crafts.
Audience: All
Cost: Free admission
Sponsored by: Nationality Rooms, Polish Committee
For more information, contact 412-624-6150
Cultural Event--Polish Festival
12:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Cathedral of Learning- Commons Room
Audience: All
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10
Performance--K' arts Korean Music Ensemble: Fragrance of Korean Music and Dance
8:00 P.M.- 9:30 P.M.
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
An evening of Korean music by the K'arts Korean Music Ensemble.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center, Music Department
For more information, contact Jennifer Murawski - 412-648-7426 jennm@pitt.edu
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Lecture--Girls' Education: Key to Development in Africa
12 p.m.
4130 Posvar Hall
Girls' Education: Key to development in Africa
Kakenya Ntaiya will focus on the impact girls' education has on development in Africa; more specifically benefits to the economy, education, women's health and the health of their family. We will also discuss how education empowers girls to achieve their full potential in life. The second part of the discussion will focus on barriers to girls' education.
Girls' education has dominated international debate for several decades. These include the 1990 World Conference on Education for All (EFA), the 1994 Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the 2000 United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Of the six goals of EFA, two of them specifically address the need for educating girls: the need to ensure that all children by 2015 have access to compulsory primary education of good quality particularly girls in difficult circumstance and those from ethnic minorities; and to eliminate gender disparities in primary and secondary schools by ensuring girls fully and equally have access to good quality education by 2015 (The World Bank Group, 2008). At the end of our conversation we will be able to answer this critical question. How successful has these commitments been?
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program, Institute for International Studies in Education, African Studies Program, Administration and Policy Department in the School of Education
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13
Lecture--Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series: Globalization and Social Protection in South Korea and Singapore
12:00 P.M.- 1:00 P.M.
WWPH 4130
A lecture by Mason Kim, PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Pittsburgh.
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/news/overlunch.html
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center
For more information, contact Mason Kim - myk2@pitt.edu
African Film Series -- DARESALAAM
3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
4130 WWPH
DARESALAM is the first feature film to focus on the civil wars convulsing the continent from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It provides compelling insights into how ordinary people around the world get swept up in extraordinary events. Its timeless story of two childhood friends turned into political foes personalizes the terrible costs of internecine strife. Chad's civil war, one of Africa's oldest, in many ways prefigured the continent's subsequent contflicts. Its precolonial roots reflect the basic geopolitical division between an Islamic, pastoralist north and a Christian and animist agrarian south. Northerners traditionally raided the south for slaves for the Ottoman Empire; the French banned that trade and advanced Sara speaking southerners in their civil service. In the decades following independence, two factions or northerners fought for control of the country, one with French and US backing and the other advocating anschluss with Qaddafi's Libya. After three decades of civil war, Chad is one of the poorest countries in the world with a per capita GDP of only $600.
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/
Audience: Open to all
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: African Studies Program, African Students' Organization (ASO)
For more information, contact Macrina C. Lelei - 412-648-2058 africast@pitt.edu
Good Afternoon Africa Lecture Series -- Harnessing Information Technology for Development in Africa.
3:00p.m.- 5:00p.m.
4130 WWPH
Many are raving about the impressive upswing in African cell phone usage and the positive effects this might have on the continent???s development. But given the extent of poverty in Africa what is the next step for Africa to fully reap the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICT), investment in broadband internet and other technology available in the global context? The lecture will focus on the appropriate technology whose impact can be maximized for development. Questions will be asked such as: what should governments and donors do? Should the focus be on expanding low-cost and easily-adoptable technologies (such as mobile phones) in rural and urban areas? Shoud we focus on expanding more robust (and costly) ICT services, such as broadband and fiber-optic cable? Who will provide the funding and drive increased adoption; the private sector, government, NGOs? How can the impact of these new technologies be maximized? What might innovative applications of ICT have the greatest potential? These are the type of questions that will be debated in this forum. Participants will join in with their questions and ideas. The film for the next film series will be a follow up of this theme of ICT in Africa.
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/
Audience: Open to all
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: African Studies Program, African Students' Organization (ASO)
For more information, contact Macrina C. Lelei - 412-648-2058 africast@pitt.edu
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14
Lecture--Nicolas C. Tucci Lecture: "Murder, Real and Represented: The 'Caso Cogne' and Contemporary Italian Narrative"
5:00 p.m.
144 Cathedral of Learning
The Department of French & Italian and Literatures presents the Nicholas C. Tucci Lecture by Dr. Ellen Nerenberg entitled "Murder, Real and Represented: The 'Caso Cogne' and Contemporary Italian Narrative." Ellen Nerenberg is Associate Professor of Romance Languages & Literatures and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University. Her primary fields of interest include 20th and 21st century Italian Literature, cinema and cultural studies. She is co-editor of Writing Beyond Fascism: Cultural Resistance in the Life and Works of Alba de Cespedes (Fairleigh-Dickinson U P, 2000) and the author of Prison Terms: Representing Confinement During and After Italian Fascism (U of Toronto P, 2001), for which she received the 2001 Howard R. Marraro prize, awarded biannually by the Modern Languages Association for the best book published in North America on an Italian subject. Prof. Nerenberg's current project carries the working title "Making a Killing" and explores the representation in Italian cultural expression and the media of three cases of homicide in Italy since 1989.
A reception will be held in the Croghan Schenley Room following the lecture.
Sponsored by: European Studies Center, Department of French & Italian Languages and Literatures
For more information, contact Monika Losagio - (412) 624-5221 losagio@pitt.edu
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19
Lecture--Millennium Development Goals in Peru and Ghana: Programs for International Development Targeting Education and Teacher Training in Peru and Ghana
12 p.m.
4217 Posvar Hall
This research is currently being conducted as part of the Tools for International Development Course at GSPIA. August - October 2008.
Beatriz Maeireizo is an MBA candidate in the Katz Business School at the University of Pittsburgh.
Audience: Open to the Public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20
Film--Global Governance/Global Economy Film Series
7:00 p.m.
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
30,000 protesters took to the streets in Washington DC on April 16, 2000. They called for immediate debt cancellation and the closure of the World Bank. The meetings and protests are seen through the eyes of two South Africans. In the Bank, finance minister Trevor Manuel, champion of South Africa's conservative economic policy and chair of the IMF/World Bank board. On the streets, Soweto activist and African National Congress member, Trevor Ngwane, joined the protesters. Through the oft-humorous adventures of the Two Trevors we get a unique inside picture of the commanding heights of the world economy, and of the protest movement that has emerged to challenge those commanding heights.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: African Studies Program, Global Studies Program
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21
Lecture--East Asian Languages and Literatures Colloquium: Jie Cui and Jennifer Crandall
2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
4217 Posvar Hall (inside UCIS, Suite 4400)
Jie Cui, Ph.D. Student Department of Linguistics presents: "Cognitive Motivations of Chinese Characters" Jennifer Crandall, Ph.D. Student Department of Education presents: "Cultural Assumptions in Conversations"
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures
For more information, contact Paula Locante - plocante@pitt.edu
Reception--Hot Topics Over Coffee
3 p.m.
4100 Posvar Hall
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4
Lecture--TBA
3:30 p.m.
TBA
A lecture by Dr. Shingo Minamizuka, visiting professor in the Department of History.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5
Deadline--Faculty European Grant Competition
The European Studies Center reminds faculty that the deadline for the submission of applications for the 2008-2009 Faculty European Grant Competition is December 5, 2008.
Sponsored by: European Studies Center
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